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Chasing the Higgs boson with a worldwide distributed trigger system. Sander Klous NIKHEF VENI proposal 2006. Gary Stix, editor of Scientific American, January 2001. High Energy Physics. quarks. 10 -15 m. nucleus. atom. Electromagnetism Weak nuclear force Strong force. Higgs Boson
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Chasing the Higgs boson with a worldwide distributed trigger system Sander Klous NIKHEF VENI proposal 2006
High Energy Physics quarks 10-15 m nucleus atom
Electromagnetism Weak nuclear force Strong force Higgs Boson Present predictions: About 100 x heavier than proton Very unstable Predominant decay to bottom quarks The Standard Model quarks up down charm strange top bottom Particles leptons electron neutrinos muon tau Forces
CERN and ATLAS • Large Hadron Collider • 27km • High intensity • High energy ATLAS detector LHC tunnel
Radiating top quarks • 40 million events per second • A few hundred signal events per year Time
Physics streams 40 MHz Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Accept 1 in 500 Accept 1 in 50 Accept 1 in 10 Data processing: Triggers and Filters • Standard ATLAS approach • Just a small signal expected in 2009/2010 • We can do much better…
Physics streams 40 MHz Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Amsterdam Accept 1 in 500 NIKHEF/SARA Network switch Data processing: Triggers and Filters Accept 1 in 50 Computing grid Accept 1 in 10
Project requirements Data-Analysis And B-physics • Big network switch • A few computers on site • Technical assistance Trigger experience Postdoc PhD thesis Funding Distributed computing Involved in VL-e and in Tier-1 activities.
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Timeline of Research Phase 1: Preparation • Deploy networking hardware • Commission hardware and software Phase 2: Beam on • Data collection and calibration • Analysis and algorithm development Phase 3: Harvest • Successful deployment of worldwide trigger • Find the Higgs boson